Finding the Creative City
From the Future of Business blog: Vancouver often tops the ‘liveability’ index but is it really an archetype for future working life? Next month (June), “Monocle” magazine, the glossy chronicler of culture and...
Read Moreby SCM | Jun 22, 2011 | Uncategorized | 0
From the Future of Business blog: Vancouver often tops the ‘liveability’ index but is it really an archetype for future working life? Next month (June), “Monocle” magazine, the glossy chronicler of culture and...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Jun 28, 2010 | 5
Someone emailed last year to ask what we would do to set a “creativity movement” in motion in Memphis. The answer came quickly: “Appoint Jeff Nesin the Memphis czar of creativity.” That’s because we don’t know anyone who...
Read Moreby Leah Wells | Jun 1, 2010 | Uncategorized | 5
The official Zombie Wrangler at the corner of Vance and Main repeated: “Undead! Stay off the sidewalk! Stay on the street until after the Green Beetle!” Keeping the undead in line was a bit like herding…zombies....
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Apr 8, 2010 | 0
Last year about this time, Ben Self, co-founder of the company that led the digital part of the Obama campaign that transformed political campaigns as we have known them, laid out a glimpse into Memphis if it becomes the first...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Nov 15, 2009 | 1
Smart City is talking with people who have discovered new ways of attracting and retaining a creative community.First we’ll speak with Helen Johnson and Josh McManus. They lead a group called CreateHere, which focuses on...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Nov 14, 2008 | 0
Someone emailed to ask what we would do to set a “creativity movement” in motion in Memphis. The answer came quickly: “Appoint Jeff Nesin the Memphis czar of creativity.”That’s because we don’t know anyone who understands the...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Nov 12, 2008 | 0
To continue the creativity theme for the week, we have a few things that we think will interest you.First, CEOs for Cities, headed up by our good friend and colleague Carol Coletta, continues to see cities through its decidedly...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Nov 10, 2008 | 0
There are times when a conversation becomes a cause, and a meeting becomes a movement.Hopefully, that will be the case as a result of the “Creative Conversation” that took place a couple of weeks ago at Memphis College of Art,...
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Since 2005, this has been Smart City Consulting’s blog with the aim of connecting the dots and providing perspective on issues and policies shaping Memphis. Editor and primary author is Tom Jones, City Journal columnist at Memphis magazine, author of two books and a museum exhibition, and consultant on public policy and strategic planning. He has written articles for MLK50, The Commercial Appeal, and USA Today. The blog was called one of the most intriguing blogs in the U.S. by the Pew Partnership for Civic Change; The (Memphis) Commercial Appeal said it “provides some of the most well-thought-out thinking about Memphis’ past, present, and future you’ll find anywhere,” and the Memphis Flyer said: “This incredibly well-written blog sets out to solve the city’s ills – from the mayor to MATA – with out-of-the-box thinking, fresh approaches to old problems, and new ideas.” If you have questions, submissions, or ideas for posts, please email Tom Jones, at tjones@smartcityconsulting.com.